Lamido, PDP and Atiku Abubakar

Sule Lamido is among the nine people (G9) who formed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 1998 along with Senator Iyorchia Ayu, Prof. Jerry Gana, the late Dr. Alex Ekwueme, the late Mallam Adamu Ciroma, the late Chief Solomon Lar, the late Chief Bola Ige, the late Sen. Ella, and the late Alhaji Abubakar Rimi. They confronted former Head of State, the late Gen. Sani Abacha on the need to quit the office and allow democracy to prosper. Lamido and Rimi were picked and locked up in DSS cells, Rimi in Ilorin and Lamido in Maiduguri. They were only released after the sudden demise of Abacha

Lamido and Ayu are the lone PDP founding fathers still on the landscape in PDP. Lamido’s four decades of experience in the rough terrain of Nigerian politics is being brought to bear in this election circle. He is so often in the news for a combination of reasons including his imposing physical presence, his simple style of doing things, his solid records of commitment, loyalty, achievements, consistency and sacrifice etc to PDP since its creation in 1999 to date.

He is one of the most experienced politicians in Nigeria and has made a lot of sacrifices for this country. His contributions have re-united and re-awakened the country and if politics and PDP are concerned, Lamido is one person you cannot bury or shove away.

He always says his mind, which in all cases aligns with the interests of the common man. He never succumbs to sentiments. He is not the fair-weather type as so many politicians are; rather he stands rooted in principle and to progressive politics. In all of this, he brings rich personal experience to bear in all he does. Lamido displays his sagacity in full force. He deployed his unmatched energy and political skills in campaigning for PDP candidates from the top to the bottom from 1999 to date. He has a history of radically confronting the military junta of Abacha for the sake of restoring democracy to Nigeria and he was sent to jail severally, during the PRP and military era.

Even before the return of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Olusola Saraki, Rabiu Kwankwaso and Governor Aminu Tambuwal etc to PDP, Lamido been a party man and democrat has been calling Alhaji Atiku, his former colleagues (governors) and other PDP party faithful who left the party for one reason or the other to return home (PDP). If Lamido doesn’t mean well for the PDP and the country at large, he should have not openly and consistently be calling on them to return.

The gossips, the political analysts and the entire populace are overwhelmingly convinced that, the political gladiators in the region and across board cannot produce a match to Sule Lamido let alone surpassing his credentials and achievements. His political association with political heavy weights across the globe is his political asset that cannot be matched at least with any person in the region, now and possibly in the next decades to come.

The long awaited PDP presidential primary has come and gone with the emergence of Atiku as its flag bearer for 2019 presidential election. Lamido been a party man, nationalist, loyal and consistent in PDP and a true democrat has accepted the outcome.

Since leadership is an attribute of God, leadership is the will of God; leadership is the choice of God. Lamido is more concerned with a peaceful, progressive and a united Nigeria than his personal interests. As he supported Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999 and 2003, the late Shehu Yar’Adua in 2007 and Goodluck Jonathan in 2011 and 2015, he will as well continue to support anybody who wears the crown and work for PDP in many years to come.